Poet. Storyteller. Educator

Tending to our Baskets

This workshop includes a spoken word poetry performance and draws on Haudenosaunee basket teachings to explore intergenerational trauma and the impacts of colonization.

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Participants will collectively examine how the legacy of residential schools continues to affect our communities, nations, and ourselves today. Through guided discussion and reflection, the workshop creates space for participants to feel heard, supported, and more connected to one another while exploring pathways toward healing and understanding.

Decolonizing Self Esteem

This workshop explores decolonizing beauty and self-perception for Indigenous women and LGBTQ2S+ people.

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Together, participants reflect on how ideas of beauty are shaped by colonial influences, media, and social expectations. Through conversation and shared exploration, the workshop encourages participants to reconnect with their own sense of self-worth and body sovereignty.

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Participants leave with a deeper sense of self-love, strength, and connection, recognizing themselves as beautiful, powerful, and deserving of care.

The Ancestors

In this workshop, Kahsenniyo combines poetry performance with storytelling drawn from her own life experiences and perseverance.

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Participants are invited to bring to life and contextualize the power and strength of 7 generations teachings.

reflecting on the idea that we have been thought of, prayed for, and envisioned by our ancestors long before we arrived here. This workshop  participants to consider their place within this continuum and the responsibilities we carry for future generations.

Coloniza Virus

This interactive workshop uses imagination, play, and creativity to explore complex issues affecting Indigenous communities. Participants are introduced to a scenario in which a “coloniza virus” spreads through communities like a zombie apocalypse.

Through this imaginative framework, participants examine real issues such as the justice system, land claims, education, child welfare, residential school legacy, family violence, governance, substance use, climate change, and lateral violence.

Working together, participants develop creative strategies and solutions to address these challenges. This workshop is especially effective for youth leadership development and community dialogue.